T. 1 COMPREHENSION CHECK Choose the best answer, a, b or c.1. The writers b elieve that British cooking... a) has always been very bad. b) was good until World War II. c) is good because it is so international. 2. They say that the British... a) eat only traditional British food in their homes, b) don't like cooking with foreign ingredients, c) buy lots of foreign ingredients. 3. They say that the British weather... a) enables the British to produce good quality food, b) often ruins fruit and vegetables, c) is not such an important influence on British food a s foreign trade. 4. They say that World War II had a great influence on British cooking because... a traditional British cooking was rediscovered and some good cheap recipes were produced. b) people had limitless supplies of home-grown food. c people started to believe that British food was boring, so after the war they wanted to cook more interesting and international dishes. 5. They say that... a) British tourists try lots of new dishes when they are abroad, b) nowadays it is very unusual for British people to cook British food, c) literature and language are more culturally important than food. 6. The writers' final conclusion about British cooking is that... a) there is no hope. b) you will only be able to get British food in expensive restaurants, c) you will be able to get more good traditional British dishes, especially in pubs.
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